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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: Jez on May 06, 2010, 10:09:58 am

Title: New Member
Post by: Jez on May 06, 2010, 10:09:58 am

Hi all just to introduce ourselves we are small holders in south Shropshire running large blacks and oxford sandy and blacks trying to start up a small charcuterie business

We brought a couple of weaner's three years ago for pork but after a couple of years doing pork we decided to diversify we are now running a few breeding sows complete with large black boar

Just out of interest does any body have any young stock for sale preferably gilts as we are short of young stock, about 6 months of age as we will run them on to about 12 months or to a weight of around 200-220 lbs dead weight  :pig:

Well thats enough of us except to say hello to one and all  :wave:

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Post by: Daisys Mum on May 06, 2010, 10:37:58 am

Hi and welcome from the Scottish borders, sorry cant help with the young stock I am getting 4 OSBs this year as a change from saddlebacks. May try Gos next year, I don't have the space to breed my own so just keep a few over the summer/autumn  :wave:

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Post by: Hilarysmum on May 06, 2010, 12:17:11 pm

Hi welcome, nearly went with OSB's myself some years ago.  Decided against as then there was no AI for OSBs.  Lovely pigs though

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Post by: Rosemary on May 06, 2010, 12:51:00 pm

Hi and welcome from pigless Alloa.

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Post by: JulieS on May 06, 2010, 12:51:49 pm

Hello and welcome from me and my GOS's in Devon  :)

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Post by: Annie22 on May 06, 2010, 01:15:35 pm

Hi and welcome from Australia.  We have pigs as well.

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Post by: little blue on May 06, 2010, 06:43:14 pm

hello and welcome from Derbyshire

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Post by: kalsi4654 on May 07, 2010, 10:39:51 am

Hello from West Wales  :hshoe:

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Post by: Sharondp on May 08, 2010, 03:53:06 pm

Hello from Herefordshire - soon to have pigs (probably GOS) when we have the trees cleared - tree surgeon out there right now  ;D

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Post by: jameslindsay on May 08, 2010, 04:10:23 pm

Hello from Fife, don't have pigs but think I have everything else.